Fr. Gilbert J. Gustafson

Ordained: 1977
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, MN

Pleaded guilty in 1983 to sexually abusing a boy for five years in the 1970s. The boy’s parents found out in 1982 and complained to church officials. Gustafson was sent to treatment. He also admitted abusing other boys. He paid $40 fine and served four to six months in jail. In 11/1992 a woman filed suit alleging she was sexually abused by Gustafson for about five years, also beginning in 1977. The suit settled in 10/2005. Gustafson was permanently removed in 2002 and sentenced by Vatican to life of prayer & penance. In a binding legal agreement in 7/2006, Archbishop Flynn declared Gufstafson to be medically disabled. Included in 12/2013 on the Archdiocese’s list of credibly accused. Still receiving pension from Archdiocese in 2/2014. Reportedly in 9/2015, Gustafson was trying to raise money with a survivor (not abused by him) to buy the chancery fora healing center (“Gilead Project”) for clergy sex abuse victims.

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